Activists clad in polar bear outfits hold a banner in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo to celebrate the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites).(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)
Greenpeace activists dressed up as polar bears, a species directly threatened by rising temperatures, demonstrate on Parliament Hill as they call on the federal government to do more in reaching its commitments of the Kyoto Accord, in Ottawa, February 16, 2005. The Kyoto global warming pact was ratified by 140 nations and obliges Canada to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young